Jing Jing Luo
Jing Jing Luo | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Composer |
Jing Jing Luo (simplified Chinese: 罗京京; traditional Chinese: 羅京京; pinyin: Luó Jīngjīng; born 1953) is a Chinese composer.
Early life and training
[edit]Jing was born in Beijing. She received an undergraduate degree in Shanghai and postgraduate degrees from the New England Conservatory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.[1]
Luo's fellowships have come from the Asian Council on the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Ford and Rockefeller foundations. Her work has been distributed and published by Subito Music Corporation.[2]
In 2014, Luo was included in a concert sponsored by the League of American Orchestras that wished to pair emerging composers with orchestral opportunities.[3]
Selected honors and awards
[edit]Luo has won the following honors and awards:[4]
- Rockefeller Foundation at Bellagio Conference Center (composer residency, 2011).
- Koussevitzky Music Foundation (2006)
- International Composers Competition for Orchestra Works with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Canada (3rd prize, 2001).
- ASCAP awards (1994-2011)
- Ohio Arts Council (Individual Artist Fellowships, 1991-1998)
- Music From China International Composers (Traditional Chinese Instruments Competition, 1999)
- Chinese Overseas Composer Competition (3rd prize, “No Home to Return,” 1996)
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, Walter Hinrichsen Award (“The Spell,” 1996)
- Dale Warland Singer’s Reading competition (1st prize, "Chinese Requiem,” 1995)
- Fanny Mendelssohn International Women Composers Competition (3rd prize, 1993)
References
[edit]- ^ "Jing Jing Luo". Modern Classical. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS KOUSSEVITZKY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2005 COMMISSION WINNERS". US Fed News. Hindustan Times. 13 December 2005.
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (2014-10-22). "Pairing Composers and Orchestras, With an Eye on Younger Audiences". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "Jing Jing Luo". New Music USA. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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Categories:
- Chinese women classical composers
- New England Conservatory alumni
- Stony Brook University alumni
- People's Republic of China emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Chinese classical composers
- 21st-century classical composers
- Living people
- Ashland University faculty
- Asian Cultural Council grantees
- American classical musicians of Chinese descent
- Pupils of Jacob Druckman
- 21st-century American composers
- 1953 births
- 20th-century American composers
- 20th-century American women composers
- 21st-century American women composers
- American women academics